Mark 10:35-40

Christian Standard Bible

Suffering and Service

³⁵ James^(A) and John,^(B) the sons of Zebedee,^(C) approached him and said, “Teacher,^(D) we want you to do whatever we ask you.”

³⁶ “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked them.

³⁷ They answered him, “Allow us to sit at your right and at your left in your glory.”^(E)

³⁸ Jesus said to them, “You don’t know what you’re asking.^(F) Are you able to drink the cup^(G) I drink or to be baptized with the baptism^(H) I am baptized with?”^(I)

³⁹ “We are able,” they told him.

Jesus said to them, “You will drink the cup I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with.^{(J) 40} But to sit at my right or left is not mine to give; instead, it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”